Everything posted by Rex Kickass
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Best Superbowl Commercials
Godaddy.com was the only commercial that was any good.
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Gambling on sports
Atlantic City. You can bet there too.
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If you had total control over sports...
Put a wrecking ball through the Friendly Confines. Move a baseball team to Mexico or San Juan. Maybe even Havana, once Castro dies. Eliminate the Superbowl dead week. Offer Warren Sapp and Sammy Sosa a lifetime ban. Just because. Put Shoeless Joe and Pete Rose in the hall automatically. Make any sports league that puts over half the league in the playoffs get one year to change or fold.
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Super Bowl XXXIX - Predictions
Pats 21 - Eagles 6. End of 1st Quarter: 125 to me. Pats 31 - Eagles 16. Halftime: 250 to me. Pats 31 - Eagles 16. End of 3rd Quarter: 125 to me. Pats 41 - Eagles 16. End of 4th Quarter: 500 to me. Who wins the Superbowl? Me.
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Lent...
Is this where I reply "tubesteaks don't count?" Just checking. I gave up fast food over New Year's and so far I haven't screwed that up. So why not restrict the diet a little more?
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Lent...
Are you giving anything up for lent? I'm giving up meat.
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XM Users
What little I can tell you is that XM uses better compression technology so that their audio quality is slightly better. Also you will lose reception completely while gassing up your car and under bridges, much like AM.
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Just an Iraq Thread
Many of the weapons inspectors kicked out in 1998 that had filed a report saying that they thought Iraq was at least 95% disarmed. Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Advisor to the Bush campaign and Retired General Anthony Zinni thought there weren't weapons there either. Both had some oversight of the containment regime that we had established in Iraq shortly after the cease fire in Gulf War I. Our own CIA had plenty of data that didn't back the claims made by the Bush administration and Blair government. In fact many of the specific claims turned out not to be the case.
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Adopt a sniper
True, I never saw an asterisk on that. I say let the kids do what they want, but if the Jesuits don't want it under their auspices, can't say I blame them. Although it is kind of sad that private citizens have to raise money to provide better gear for our military which I thought was funded from our money to begin with. Every time I see a body armor drive or something like that, I always wonder a little.
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NHL Lockout over?
Rumor is the axe falls on the season today or this weekend.
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File this under "Give me a break!"
No good deed goes unpunished.
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New Bond film announced...
Casino Royale? The original is already better. Woody Allen as the villain. Sheer genius.
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Addison Sox
Yeah but they could have faced the park Northeast and probably gotten away with it with a view of the Skyline. The problem was with the old UD, it seemed like if the wind caught inside of that roof, it acted like a wind tunnel, which was never fun in April May or September.
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So what do I do with my Maggs Jersey?
I always thought it made you a Sox fan. Not a Maggs fan.
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Addison Sox
I thought they faced it towards the projects because the wind would have been even worse for the upper deck.
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Saving Social Security
The President's plan to give you privatize the bulk of Social Security turns out not to save any money after all. He's giving you four choices in how to save money in the system. It's possible that a combination of these may be necessary. 1. Reduce money for wealthy retirees. 2. Raise the retirement age. 3. Index benefits to prices rather than cost of living (picture greatly reduced benefits in 40 years) 4. Discourage workers from taking early retirement benefits. Apparently there's a fifth option that the President doesn't want you to know about. From Today's New York Times.
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Reality setting in...
Interesting Editor and Publisher column about the turnout numbers for Iraq. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/co...t_id=1000788083
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Medical bills spark 46% of U.S. personal bankruptc
That's the problem with this damn Democracy. People keep agreeing on things that you just can't agree with.
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Rumsfeld offered to resign twice
Yeah, and he really hit a home run with Phase IV Iraq too.
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Oh God! ANOTHER poll!
I root for the Tigers like I root for Ralph Wiggum. Even when they beat my team it's like... Come on! They're the Tigers! Come on! Throw em a bone!
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Rumsfeld offered to resign twice
Not til he starts doing things well.
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Rumsfeld offered to resign twice
Rumsfeld: "Sir, you can hold me accountable if you'd like." Bush: "You're the Secretary of Defense, not Treasury... I don't see what math has to do with it."
- Made in Canada
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Medical bills spark 46% of U.S. personal bankruptc
Well, there are ways to do that without the "tort reform" that's been proposed. A little common sense applied goes a long way.
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State of the Union
Old habits die hard I guess